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Need help with rear driver side window weather strip
I drilled out the pop rivets, pried off the strip, and pulled a pound of sealer off the body (maybe not a full pound but a bunch) and am ready to put the new one on.
I don't know where the pop rivets are or how to put some in. How does this work? I'm seriously thinking about using a small bead or two of adhesive and not putting rivets in it.
Here's a pic of the new strip. It fits nice but it has no rivets.
I have no idea but I'm coming up to the same task. Waiting for an answer too.
It seems the rivets are attached to a metal strip that is molded into the old piece. At least that what it looked like as I had to pull it out in pieces. Your's hopefully will not be not only held in place with rivets but also a tube of cement. I believe all that should be required are the rivets.
My '72 is a convertible, and so totally different....so can't directly help, except to recommend using black RTV to seal/glue it in place when you DAMN SURE the positioning is correct against that window....
When I bought my 77 it came with some extra pieces, these seals being one of them. I asked the same question and I believe it was Dub who answered me. I think what it came down to was the proper ones come with the metal retainer in them. Here's a bump to the top for you and maybe he will see it and be able to answer.
Luis Hernandez has a great site and goes into detail on weatherstripping replacement. I'm doing the same this week on my 78. Here is a link to his blog posting:
OK, so I didn't get a response for a 78 so I stuck them on with weather stripping cement. It seems to have worked very well.
The new ones did have a metal piece embedded in the rubber so I made sure it fit the curve at the bottom of the frame. Also I made sur the piece fit easily into the space. I had to remove some material from the bottom of the piece where it juts out towards the back as it was preventing the main portion from seating comfortably against the frame top to bottom.
Once I cleaned every thing thoroughly, I put the cement sparingly onto the back side of the piece and placed it into position. The I used the old piece I had removed and put it on top of the new piece to provide pressure along the whole surface and closed the door to hold every thing in place. Once the door was closed I pressed the new piece towards the back of the car to ensure it was hard against it.
It looks goo so far. In the morning I'll open the door and make sure it seated.
The piece that appears on top is the new piece and the one on the bottom is the old piece. The wrinkling on the left of the new piece is the old piece pressing very hard against it to make sure it is seated around the curve at the bottom.
thats why you should state the year car you have, might get better answers
Ya think???
Good point, I usually do but for some reason I didn't this time.
It's a 78. It's different than the earlier ones. On this one the rivets are part of the strip. As I was looking for instructions it seemed that on the earlier ones the strip is glued to a chrome piece that is riveted to the body.
The finished piece looks good in place and plenty sturdy. There are two raised lines on the back side of the piece. I applied cement to those as they are located away from the front side of the piece and I did not want cement showing. Also the rivets leave holes in the frame so I put three pieces of weather proof tape over the holes to seal them. All in all it looks pretty good and it should lower the interior wind noise..
I just did these on my 81. I riveted one side on, but the other side, I could not get the rivet to get a grab of the metal retainer so I used a screw. The screw actually worked very well and was easier than the rivets. If I had to do it over again I would just use screws. And I did not use any adhesive. I am a little leary about yours only using the adhesive but if they hold, then great.
I just did these on my 81. I riveted one side on, but the other side, I could not get the rivet to get a grab of the metal retainer so I used a screw. The screw actually worked very well and was easier than the rivets. If I had to do it over again I would just use screws. And I did not use any adhesive. I am a little leary about yours only using the adhesive but if they hold, then great.
Jim
Yours looks just like mine. Red!
Where did you get the rivets? How did you attach them to the strip? I saw holes and I could feel the metal inside the rubber.
Did you run the screws through the rivet holes and into the metal inside the strip? The screws must have been sheet metal screws and very short and fat. Do you know what size they were?
I still need to do the passenger side.
The rivets are just reqular pop rivets available at any hardware store. The trouble with them is that you need ones with a large 'head', or you need a washer under it so it doesn't pull thru the hole on the inside (sorry don't have pic). So like I said, I did a few with rivets then when I couldn't get one to grab I got a small sheet metal screw. The screw worked great. Just find one about 1/2" long, enough to grab the metal backing plate but not too long to stick into the foam rubber. Maybe even less than 1/2", probably #6 or #8 sheet metal screw.
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Need help with rear driver side window weather strip
